Special thanks to Alex the Magician for writing this great town overview. Alex creates Heroes 3 guides and hosts a very fun and educational stream that you can watch on twitch.

    Pros

  1. Portal of Summoning
  2. Mana Vortex
  3. Good heroes
  4. High chance of Earth Magic
  5. Shakti start allows for good early game tempo
  6. The highest chance of getting Armageddon in MG4

    Cons

  1. Generally starts on dirt terrain, which doesn’t give it a movement advantage and makes it more difficult to fight against undead units.
  2. Usually start with a gold disadvantage
  3. The town buildings are expensive

Best heroes

Shakti - starts with 3 stacks of troglodytes, has a high chance of getting Earth Magic, gets good secondary skills in general.

Gunnar - logistics specialist, high chance of Earth Magic, good secondary skills.

Alamar/Jeditte - resurrection specialists, Alamar also has scholar so he can teach res to someone else if he doesn’t get Earth Magic.

Best Dungeon Heroes

Build order

Turn 1 is almost always the troglodyte upgrade. Or in some cases, battle scholar academy, if there are no fights that you need to do on day 1.

After that, if the map gives you external dwellings for dragons, manticores, or minotaurs, you will usually build the portal of summoning.

After that, if you summoned minotaurs or manticores, you will usually go for the build path to build them in your town.

You will also build the Mage Guild and Mana Vortex as needed.

Best spells

Slow is usually essential, as most break will be done with army and mass slow. Shield/Stoneskin and Resurrect are very helpful in situations where the break cannot be slowed. Spells like Haste, Bless, Implosion, Dimension Door etc. are always useful and will be available in the best overall spells guide.

Best spells to use with Dungeon

Units

Name Attack Defense Min Dmg Max dmg HP
Beholder 9 7 3 5 22
Black Dragon 25 25 40 50 300
Evil Eye 10 8 3 5 22
Harpy 6 5 1 4 14
Harpy Hag 6 6 1 4 14
Infernal Troglodyte 5 4 1 3 6
Manticore 15 13 14 20 80
Medusa 9 9 6 8 25
Medusa Queen 10 10 6 8 30
Minotaur 14 12 12 20 50
Minotaur King 15 15 12 20 50
Red Dragon 19 19 40 50 180
Scorpicore 16 14 14 20 80
Troglodyte 4 3 1 3 5

Video guides

Dungeon overview and basic guide

Dungeon week 1 JC gameplay

Dungeon vs Dungeon PVP